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Family farmers win skirmish on safety regulations for kids
April 27, 2012

Capitol Alert: House hearing lifts California high-speed rail to national stage
December 14, 2011

Family Farmers Videos

New Farm Union President
November 19, 2011 | KXMB CBS Bismarck North D

Farm Bill Cuts?
October 31, 2011 | KXMC CBS Bismarck North

Farm Aid 2010 in Milwaukee
October 01, 2010 | WTMJ Milwaukee, WI

Sacramento Connect

Dan Bacher: Bay MLPA process delayed until peripheral canal plan completed
May 08, 2012
May 7, 2012 - In a joint statement, Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird and Director of Fish and Game Chuck Bonham announced today that implementation of...

Tropical Traditions Now Has Organic Corn That Is Truly GMO-free
April 29, 2012
I about fell over when I read the most recent press release from Tropical Traditions. They announced something sooooo huge that I had to read it twice. I now...

Dan Bacher: Salmon Water Now: Myth or Fact? Westlands & Reality
March 26, 2012
March 26, 2012 - Bruce Tokars of Salmon Water Now has released the latest video, "Myth or Fact? Westlands & Reality" (3:01), covering the bizarre reality of the...

Residents, Stakeholders Voice Opposition to Elk Grove SOI
April 05, 2012
Nikki Carpenter speaks against Elk Grove's SOI. In meetings that normally draw little public interest, the Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO)...

Dan Bacher: MLPA Initiative doesn’t create ‘Yosemites of the Sea’
March 27, 2012
March 26, 2012 - A network of so-called "marine protected areas" created under the helm of a big oil lobbyist went into effect on the Southern California coast...

George Naylor: Casino Crops
July 19, 2011
July 18, 2011 - Thanks to decades of deregulated agriculture, markets for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, and other farm commodities have become high-stakes...

From around the web

Iowa View: Business as usual should not continue
May 18, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
These factory farms pollute our air and water and drive family farmers out of business. They are the number one financier of payday lenders in the country, taking advantage of...

U. S. Sen. Chuck Grassley's questionnaire, as answered by his staff
May 06, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
This includes farm program reforms to strengthen the system for family farmers, estate tax reform that enables the next generation of farmers to take their place in delivering a...

5 Things you can't miss this weekend, April 6
April 06, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The Rare Affair Saturday This first-time event is designed to showcase Iowa's family farmers and meat producers and nine Des Moines chefs who feature these...

Iowans need to stand up to animal cruelty
January 25, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
I come from a long line of small family farmers who treated their animals with respect. My grandmother raised free range chickens for public consumption; the' -- egg man' --...

Food production is rigged against small farmers, consumers
November 22, 2011 | DesMoinesRegister.com
' -- How did people feed themselves before corporate agribusiness elbowed traditional family farmers aside? I know the slogan,' -- Feed the world.' -- Right. After we feed...

Day 2 of the Obama bus tour: Rural America
August 16, 2011 | Washington
Campaigning in battleground Iowa in 2008, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama promised a major initiative to boost rural America, including helping family farmers. Obama...

Family Farmers on twitter

	RT @__DwightSchrute: You have to be a minority. Uh, glasses wearers. Cholera survivors. Geniuses. Non-organic family farmers. The list goes on and on. Twitter: @katemas98
	Remember who feeds your family! Farmers all around America deserve our support because it feeds our souls #thankadairyfarmer Twitter: @Nashgirl88
	RT @__DwightSchrute: You have to be a minority. Uh, glasses wearers. Cholera survivors. Geniuses. Non-organic family farmers. The list goes on and on. Twitter: @TyGreene5
	RT @__DwightSchrute: You have to be a minority. Uh, glasses wearers. Cholera survivors. Geniuses. Non-organic family farmers. The list goes on and on. Twitter: @Dipmoman
	RT @__DwightSchrute: You have to be a minority. Uh, glasses wearers. Cholera survivors. Geniuses. Non-organic family farmers. The list goes on and on. Twitter: @Ladypomette
	RT @__DwightSchrute: You have to be a minority. Uh, glasses wearers. Cholera survivors. Geniuses. Non-organic family farmers. The list goes on and on. Twitter: @MRLew409